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ChiRunning Clinic with David Stretanski

Want to enhance your running or walking program by dramatically increasing your energy efficiency and reducing or eliminating discomfort, aches, pains and injury? From beginner to experienced athlete, revolutionary new approaches to running and walking empower individuals to develop and maintain safe and effective, lifelong fitness programs. The approaches are called ChiRunning® ("chee-running") and ChiWalking®; and they combine the principles and focus of T'ai Chi, an ancient martial art, with running and walking. But, you don't need to know T'ai Chi to enjoy the benefits of ChiRunning and ChiWalking. Through easy to learn focuses and exercises, you can: - Improve technique - Reduce or eliminate discomfort, aches, pains and injury - Promote greater distance and speed with much less effort - Develop great posture - Strengthen core muscles - Tone muscles without overworking them - Improve balance - Develop a strong mind-body connection.

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